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Surf Climatology

Best Time to Surf Armadale Bay

Sutherland, Scotland

Armadale Bay is a surf break in Sutherland, Scotland, and this page shows the time of year when it usually gets the most surf. The figures are three years of offshore wave data, 2022 to 2024, averaged month by month at the nearest offshore point. The peak surf season at Armadale Bay is Jan & Feb, when the average offshore swell is at its biggest.

Peak surf season: Jan & Feb.

Based on the 3-year average offshore wave height, 2022–2024.

Best time to visit

3-year monthly avg · offshore significant wave height · 2022–2024

Peak surf season:JanFeb
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Peak monthsThis monthOff-peakTap a bar for details.
Jan: 9.6ft average swell at 9.7 s from the NW.
Feb: 10.0ft average swell at 10 s from the WNW.
Mar: 6.9ft average swell at 9.2 s from the NNW.
Apr: 5.2ft average swell at 8 s from the NNW.
May: 4.5ft average swell at 7.5 s from the NW.
Jun: 4.4ft average swell at 7 s from the NW.
Jul: 4.1ft average swell at 6.5 s from the NW.
Aug: 4.2ft average swell at 6.9 s from the NW.
Sep: 5.6ft average swell at 7.8 s from the NW.
Oct: 6.9ft average swell at 8.5 s from the NW.
Nov: 6.5ft average swell at 8.9 s from the NW.
Dec: 9.4ft average swell at 9.5 s from the NNW.

Offshore significant wave height (Hs) from Open-Meteo ERA5 reanalysis, 2022–2024, at 58.5°, -4.0°.

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